The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is a statutory council dedicated to conducting human and social science research that is in the public interest. Our research aims to advance South Africa and Africa’s understanding of and engagement with its social conditions and contexts within which these social conditions occur. The knowledge we generate seeks to contribute to local, regional and global understandings of the human and social conditions of people, and the processes and interventions, which will assist in the improvement of their social standing. This is with the aim to be a hub of

Ruth Concepts Interior Design and Projects is an organisation that focuses on using reusable material to design interior decor and artistic products. The motivation behind our concepts is to minimise waste on our environment by using waste materials to design products that are eco-friendly. Our artistic work includes products made from reused tires, timber, wood and many others. The Founder of Ruth Concepts Interior Design, Mr Nkanyiso Dlamini, established this organisation in 2018 focusing only on stationery products and the organisation has grown to penetrate the furniture industry. The

Dennemeyer has a unique position on the global Intellectual Property (IP) market. The combination of our global IP law firm – Dennemeyer & Associates –, the IP management service provider – Dennemeyer IP Solutions –, Dennemeyer Consulting; as well as our state-of-the-art IP management software – DIAMS iQ – makes us the sole “full-service provider” for global IP management. Our customers benefit from our broad range of expertise – all within one provider.

The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) is a joint initiative of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Germany in response to the challenges of global change.

 

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Incubator (4IRI) is a registered non-profit organisation. The 4IRI was established through funding from SEDA as a response to assist and enable small businesses to participate meaningfully in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This is an initiative that further aims to inspire young South African entrepreneurs to develop into successful leaders of industry. We are looking to assist these budding inventors and entrepreneurs to develop their ideas into business concepts, prototypes, and possibly into a fully-fledged business.

Middel & Partners is a boutique audit firm established since 1992. We are committed in providing a broad range of audit, accounting, taxation and business advisory services. We have a real understanding of the environment in which our clients operate and are ideally placed to help them grow and prosper by providing a high level of personalised advice.

Together with audit, accounting, tax and advisory services, we competently provide additional services such as company secretarial, financial statements and estate and succession planning, and this strengthens our holistic approach.

Kuba powers South Africa’s fastest-growing and most accessible small businesses ecosystem :

  • Small Businesses get access to markets, tools, networks and opportunities that help them professionalize & grow their business.
  • Consumers get easy access to reliable, cost-effective services and solutions where they live.
  • Kuba connects corporations that seek to improve and invest in local economic developments
Our objective is to stimulate local economies through:
  • Jobs creations.
  • Create opportunities for existing township entrepreneurs to expand, and for new entrepreneurs to emerge.
  • Increase

Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CFERI) Vhembe TVET College  is a center for manufacturing and engineering powered with technical center maker-space and center for entrepreneur and rapid incubation.  CFERI Vhembe TVET College is one of the very few centres in the country that is not sector specific, but focusing on different spheres of engineering namely Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Chemical Engineering.

 

The International Science Council (ISC) Regional Office for Africa (ROA) endeavours to ensure that the voice of African scientists influence the international science agenda and that scientists from Africa are fully involved in international research programmes guided by regional priorities.

The objective of ISC ROA

  • To assist ISC and its members in their strategic planning for activities in Africa and ensure that their plans and activities are well linked to the science community in the region, relevant networks and organisations and reflect Africa’s priorities;
  • To facilitate the

ASSAf was inaugurated in May 1996. It was formed in response to the need for an Academy of Science consonant with the dawn of democracy in South Africa: activist in its mission of using science and scholarship for the benefit of society, with a mandate encompassing all scholarly disciplines that use an open-minded and evidence-based approach to build knowledge. ASSAf thus adopted in its name the term 'science' in the singular as reflecting a common way of enquiring rather than an aggregation of different disciplines. Its Members are elected on the basis of a combination of two principal